3. Marian Anderson and Eleanor Roosevelt: This webpage talk about Eleanor Roosevelt, her connection with the DAR and how she supported Marian Anderson and protested the DAR's decision to move Anderson's concert to the Lincoln Memorial. 4. "Anderson Ban to be Reconsidered: Newspaper clipping details the Daughters of the American Revolution’s refusal to allow Marian Anderson to perform in concert at Constitution Hall.
Civil Rights movement
Civil Rights Timeline: An extensive timeline of the Civil Rights Movement, beginning in 1948 and extending all the way to events in 2013.
Civil Rights Digital Library: A VERY good resource for pictures from the 1950s and 1960s during the time of the Civil Rights Movement. This site features a collection of unedited news film and television archives and helps users find primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and more.
Virtual Field Trip-Sites of the Civil Rights Movement: "This virtual field trip is an online tour to a few of the important places of the American Civil
Rights Movement. You will see places where transformative events took place, where people suffered and sometimes died for freedom, and where great courage and restraint were displayed. You will see images of famous sites, videos of people and events, and background information at 'historic markers' along the way."
Civil Rights for Kids: Audio Gallery, photo gallery, civil rights timeline and voting rights timeline.
3. A great source, this National Park Service site gives online visitors a chance to access multimedia and photos about Brown vs. Board of Education, as well as learn about the historical site that the Park Service maintains. The site also has a great history and culture page: http://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm
A Biography.com video special about the life of Thurgood Marshall:
3. A clip of a news story from the day that Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court:
Montgomery bus boycott 381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story: An easy to read, very informative article created by the Smithsonian Institutes detailing pictures and historical events surrouding the Montgomery Bus Boycott using information from the Rosa Parks Library and Museum. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott: A recount of the day that Rosa Parks stood up for her rights on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Includes links to Martin Luther King Jr. information and quotes from Rosa Parks.
Databases
What sources do I use? World Book Online Just like the encyclopedia you know and love - but now made easier online! If you are accessing from school or home, the username is avon and the password worth. American History Online Username - avon
Password - worth Oxford Reference Great Humanities (art, literature, music, social studies - even science) database! Username - avonworth Password - worth Proquest Access to Elibrary and SIRS Discoverer - great basic reference resources! Username - 18-7455 Password - bigchalk Power Library Free resources from the PA Department of Education. For a great reference source, use MasterFile Main Edition under the Newspapers/Magazines heading. Also try EBSCOHost for general reference.
- Film Notes about Marian Anderson's 1939 Lincoln Memorial Concert
3. Marian Anderson and Eleanor Roosevelt: This webpage talk about Eleanor Roosevelt, her connection with the DAR and how she supported Marian Anderson and protested the DAR's decision to move Anderson's concert to the Lincoln Memorial.4. "Anderson Ban to be Reconsidered: Newspaper clipping details the Daughters of the American Revolution’s refusal to allow Marian Anderson to perform in concert at Constitution Hall.
Civil Rights movement
Rights Movement. You will see places where transformative events took place, where people suffered and sometimes died for freedom, and where great courage and restraint were displayed. You will see images of famous sites, videos of people and events, and background information at 'historic markers' along the way."
1964 Walk for Freedom
2. Articles, videos and speeches produced by the History Channel pertaining to Brown vs. Board of Education: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka
3. A great source, this National Park Service site gives online visitors a chance to access multimedia and photos about Brown vs. Board of Education, as well as learn about the historical site that the Park Service maintains. The site also has a great history and culture page: http://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm
2. Or, if you prefer reading to watching video, the following link is Biography.com's collected account of Marshall's life, including his schooling and job: http://www.biography.com/people/thurgood-marshall-9400241
3. A clip of a news story from the day that Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court:
Montgomery bus boycott
381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story: An easy to read, very informative article created by the Smithsonian Institutes detailing pictures and historical events surrouding the Montgomery Bus Boycott using information from the Rosa Parks Library and Museum.
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott: A recount of the day that Rosa Parks stood up for her rights on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Includes links to Martin Luther King Jr. information and quotes from Rosa Parks.
Databases
What sources do I use?
World Book Online
Just like the encyclopedia you know and love - but now made easier online! If you are accessing from school or home, the username is avon and the password worth.
American History Online
Username - avon
Password - worth
Bloom’s Literature
Username - avon
Password - worth
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Username - avon
Password - worth
Issues & Controversies
Username - avon
Password - worth
Modern World History Online
Username - avon
Password - worth
EBSCO Research Databases
Select from several reference, education, news and business databases.
Username - avon
Password - worth
Oxford Reference
Great Humanities (art, literature, music, social studies - even science) database!
Username - avonworth
Password - worth
Proquest
Access to Elibrary and SIRS Discoverer - great basic reference resources!
Username - 18-7455
Password - bigchalk
Power Library
Free resources from the PA Department of Education. For a great reference source, use MasterFile Main Edition under the Newspapers/Magazines heading. Also try EBSCOHost for general reference.